67.3% of the 832 malicious accounts banned between March 2025 and March 2026 used AI to write malware.

Publisher	Anthropic
Report	What we learned mapping a year’s worth of AI-enabled cyber threats
Published	3 June 2026
Topics	Malware, AI in Cybercrime

Published by Anthropic in What we learned mapping a year’s worth of AI-enabled cyber threats , 3 June 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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